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Nanosponge MFI zeolites functionalized with metal nanoparticles for catalysis
Laštovičková, Anna ; Mazur, Michal (advisor) ; Vyskočilová, Eliška (referee)
Metal nanoparticles immobilized at various supports have outstanding catalytic activity in hydrogenation reactions. Zeolites are used as supports, mainly due to their porous structure. In this work, metal nanoparticles were immobilized on MFI nanosponge zeolites. Zeolite nanosponges (pure silica and degallated) were impregnated with pure platinum and platinum mixed with rare-earth elements (cerium, lanthanum, and yttrium) to form alloys. The main aim of this work was to investigate the activity of bimetallic nanoparticles immobilized on zeolite nanosponges in hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. It is a versatile model reaction to investigate catalysts, due to the presence of three different reducible groups (C=C bond, C=O bond and benzene ring) in the cinnamaldehyde molecule. The objective was to focus on selectivity effects of various catalyst towards three possible products of cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation (hydrocinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl alcohol and hydrocinnamyl alcohol). The metal alloys evolution is more feasible on the degallated zeolites due to the defects in the structure called silanol nests. These defects stabilize bimetallic nanoparticles. Moreover, samples prepared with use of degallated support showed larger surface areas. Pure-silica zeolites impregnated with metals were also prepared for...
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